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NEW YORK (AP) — Make the resilient Rangers play a Game 7 and they don't even flinch. Dump them into a 3-1 hole in a playoff series and they simply work harder. And win. Derek Stepan scored 11:24 in overtime, lifting New York past the Washington Capitals 2-1 and into the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. Stepan's wrist shot from the left wing after he won a faceoff — a rarity for the Rangers — capped the comeback. The Rangers are the only team to manage that in successive years, doing the same thing to Pittsburgh in the second round in 2014. "It's a very special win," said Henrik Lundqvist, who made 35 saves and became the third...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Make the resilient Rangers play a Game 7 and they don't even flinch.
Dump them into a 3-1 hole in a playoff series and they simply work harder.
And win.
Derek Stepan scored 11:24 in overtime, lifting New York past the Washington...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Winning the Presidents' Trophy for the NHL's best regular-season record has given the New York Rangers home-ice advantage for playoffs.
That's it. There are no guarantees how far they will get in the postseason and recent history is...

NEW YORK — Rick Nash scored his career-best 42nd goal of the season, Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves, and the New York Rangers moved closer to securing home-ice advantage for the playoffs with a 6-1 victory Saturday night over the New Jersey Devils.Keith...

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Daniel Paille and David Pastrnak scored for...

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NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers are in the midst of their longest winning streak in 40 years and it continued Saturday night thanks mostly to a one-man show.Center Derek Stepan accounted for all his team's scoring, registering his third...

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